Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 1 August 2023 · Health

Mental Health and Wellbeing Amendment Bill 2023: second reading

Voting yes supported replacing the second reading motion with a call to withdraw the Mental Health and Wellbeing Amendment Bill 2023 and redraft it to enable a health-led response to mental health related emergencies.

Defeated16 yes 23 no

The question put

That all the words after ‘That’ be omitted and replaced with the words ‘this bill be withdrawn and redrafted to enable the delivery of a health-led response to mental health related emergencies.’.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 15 no
15 members
- NoEnver Erdogan
- NoGayle Tierney
- NoHarriet Shing
- NoIngrid Stitt
- NoJacinta Ermacora
- NoJaclyn Symes
- NoJohn Berger
- NoLee Tarlamis
- NoLizzie Blandthorn
- NoMichael Galea
- NoRyan Batchelor
- NoShaun Leane
- NoSheena Watt
- NoSonja Terpstra
- NoTom McIntosh
LiberalAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- YesAnn-Marie Hermans
- YesBev McArthur
- YesDavid Davis
- YesEvan Mulholland
- YesGeorgie Crozier
- YesJoe McCracken
- YesNick McGowan
- YesRenee Heath
- YesTrung Luu
- YesWendy Lovell
GreensAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoAiv Puglielli
- NoKatherine Copsey
- NoSarah Mansfield
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid EttershankLegalise Cannabis
- NoRachel PayneLegalise Cannabis
- YesGaelle BroadNationals
- YesMelina BathNationals
- YesMatthew BachParty not recorded
- NoSamantha RatnamParty not recorded
- NoGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- YesMoira DeemingFamily First
- NoDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- YesRikkie-Lee TyrrellOne Nation
- YesJeff BourmanShooters, Fishers and Farmers Party

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

Source: Hansard, Parliament of Victoria. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.